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Ed Odeven
Ed Odeven covers primarily basketball for The Japan Times. He reported on a wide range of sports from the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Summer Games for this newspaper. A native of the Bronx, N.Y., Odeven is a graduate of Arizona State University. He previously worked for the Arizona Daily Sun in Flagstaff, Ariz., reporting on high school, collegiate, professional and Olympic sports (Flagstaff is a major international Olympic training site due to its high elevation) and writing a weekly column. His articles have appeared in Venezuela Online News, The Gleaner (Jamaica), the Monitor (Uganda), The Moscow Times, Swimming World Magazine and numerous other publications.
BASKETBALL
Feb 14, 2010
Albirex rally past Rizing
When a star is sidelined with an injury, other players are challenged to take on bigger roles until the hurt player returns to the rotation.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Feb 12, 2010
JBA sketches out plans for bj-league, JBL merger
The Japan Basketball Association has come up with a 10-step outline for the creation of a new professional men's league in 2013.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Feb 12, 2010
Albirex lose leading scorer Butorac to injury
The Niigata Albirex BB will be without their leading scorer for a month. Center Paul Butorac sustained a broken bone on his pinkie finger at practice on Feb. 2, and he will be sidelined for four weeks, a team official confirmed on Monday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Feb 10, 2010
Apache find fighting spirit to outlast 89ers at home
Can home-court advantage help a terrible home team? That question has come up again and again for the Tokyo Apache this season.
BASKETBALL
Feb 9, 2010
Broncos haul in Albirex
No team ever wants to be embarrassed on its home court.
BASKETBALL
Feb 7, 2010
Ryukyu edges Fukuoka in clash of title contenders
The first-place Ryukyu Golden Kings held their own against the Rizing Fukuoka, their top challenger in the Western Conference, in the teams' first game of the season's second half.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Feb 7, 2010
Clutch shooters create excitement in bj-league
Basketball aficionados and casual fans alike remember Michael Jordan's clutch shots in the closing seconds of games. Other clutch shooters, such as Jerry West and Reggie Miller, have buried dozens of shots that separate them from the NBA's ordinary scorers.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Feb 5, 2010
Evessa bring in Klotz for more bulk upfront
A professional sports team can never be depicted as a "finished product" unless it finishes a season with an undefeated record.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE MONTH
Feb 5, 2010
Bostic, Holm, Pomare excel in January
Quietly and without much fanfare, the Kyoto Hannaryz have rattled off five straight victories.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Feb 1, 2010
Okada's 4-point intervention sparks West to bj-league All-Star victory
RIFU, Miyagi Pref. — All-Star games are a collection of highlight-reel plays and fan-friendly events — lots of autographs, fans and players posing for pictures, light-hearted competition — and everyone's agenda is required to include one item: plenty of smiles.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jan 29, 2010
Golden Kings confident despite losing Newton
The Ryukyu Golden Kings' championship aspirations took a major hit last weekend when Jeff Newton sustained a dislocated left shoulder in Saturday's game against the Kyoto Hannaryz.
BASKETBALL
Jan 25, 2010
Abdul-Rauf sinks last-gasp shot to lift Hannaryz over Golden Kings
For the second straight day, veteran guard Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf stole the spotlight.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jan 25, 2010
Davis miffed about acrimonious breakup with Apache
Second in a two-part series
BASKETBALL
Jan 24, 2010
Abdul-Rauf returns, helps Hannaryz beat Golden Kings
After a nine-game absence due to a calf injury, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf returned to action for the Kyoto Hannaryz on Saturday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jan 24, 2010
Once mighty Apache in complete disarray
First in a two-part series
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jan 22, 2010
Takamatsu's Okada a real sharpshooter
Eventually, a Japanese player will lead the bj-league in scoring for an entire season. And it will be a terrific achievement, an inspiration to this nation's youngsters who possess a jump shot and a dream.
BASKETBALL
Jan 18, 2010
Woods stamps name on HeatDevils victory
Oita Prefecture is well-known for its abundance of hot springs. But that doesn't mean than that swingman Ricky Woods, the Oita HeatDevils' leading scorer, won't become a major tourist attraction himself.
BASKETBALL
Jan 17, 2010
Woods heats up in Oita's win over Niigata
Oita HeatDevils swingman Ricky Woods got into a rhythm, making basket after basket in Saturday's game against the Niigata Albirex BB.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jan 15, 2010
Fukuoka trio keeping Rizing in the running
Basketball aficionados speak about the value of a "Big Three" to a team's championship hopes.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jan 14, 2010
Davis sorely missed as Apache go down in rout
Real fans care about winning. If they didn't, they wouldn't be classified as real fans.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Saitama court bans demonstrations over anti-Kurd hate speech
Kurdish people in Japan in 2015. A court injunction has banned acts that defame the Japan Kurdish Cultural Association and are disrespectful, such as putting up banner flags or handing out fliers with hate speech like “Refugees should go back to their home countries.”
China reinstates visa-free travel for Japanese nationals
Beijing Daxing International Airport
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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